The microwizard fast track timer comes standard with a plugable brand usbtoserial converter. Within 3 years of the date of sale, you may return your fast track timer for repair at no cost. Stearns method pinewood derby free dos software and spreadsheets for the stearns method of organizing heats. Purchase multiple sections to make any length track and multiple lanes. This way, in the pinewood master preferences, you can select fast track as your timer, and pinewood master can receive times from bills timer. In our 20 race our car first raced at district on a 35 best track where the car traveled 29 10 from start pin to timer. Cub scouts competing in a pinewood derby in indiana last january raced on a track more than two stories tall and 125 feet long almost as long as a boeing 737 airplane. Because its designed as an integral part of the derby magic track, all of the controls for the track and timer are conveniently located at the starting end of the track. This site is protected by trustwaves trusted commerce program. Designed especially for your besttrack pinewood derby track.
We hope you find this data helpful in selecting products for your race. Besttrack is used worldwide by cub scouts pinewood derby, girl scouts, stem, steam. Click here to register as a member today for full access to the forum, its fast, simple, and absolutely free. From registering to scheduling, from recording race results or simply viewing race results on the full screen display when connected to an electronic timer, to displaying current standings at the touch of a button, to having printouts of the race at a moments notice. If youre still using something else, you, and your audience, are missing out.
Just click here and youll be transferred to our credit card secure online store. Pinewood derby online, a forum for questions and discussions about everyones favorite gravity powered racers. You can simply detach these last track sections and carry the entire assembly wherever needed. All of our timers have our fast track timer guarantee. It is published biweekly from october through march.
Grandprix race manager how to deal with a timer communications failure during your race. Take your race to the next level with our derbytv and pinewood derby software. But in the next step if you see gibberish coming from the timer you may need to play with those settings, such as changing the baud rate. If you are interested in purchasing race management software, we carry grandprix. I like it so much because you spend much time preparing the axles then struggle to insert them in a way that does not damage them. Low cost finish lines and start gates for pinewood derby. This includes the 2016 and 2017 ford fast track races for girl scouts, the 2016 ford fast track finals on the today show, the pinewood derby world championships, the mid america pinewood derby, and for breaking the guinness world record for the longest pinewood derby track.
The k2 kit the timer kits are a low cost alternative to a fully assembled timer. The derby magic company pinewood derby tracks, timer, and. The pro track is a complete system for pinewood derby or lego derby car racing. Worlds longest pinewood derby track mid america council, bsa.
We offer pinewood derby tracks in widths from 1 to 8 lanes, and lengths of 32, 38, or 44 feet. Pinewood derby race manager software for macintosh. With all racers entered and the spectator window launched, the derby is ready to be started. Pinewood derby spreadsheet another site with a pinewood derby scoring spreadsheet. Our 4lane pinewood derby timer system is economical but it does have a lot of features.
Fast track four lane digital timer, laser gate and computer cable grand prix race manager software for 4 lane track will help you manage your cub scout pinewood derby race from registering racers to determining award winners, making your race more organized, shorter and enjoyable for all. Every derby magic track comes complete with a support frame, starting gate, and finish line brake. We have technical support 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Timers for track discussion in general pinewood derby discussion started by paul3435, oct 17, 2019. We accept discover, mastercard or visa credit or debit cards as well as checks. Develop pinewood derby car winning designs with our products. If your building your own, you are going to need a computer to plug the circuit board into using a usb port. Know the winner of the race with the smartline timer. We send a certificate of measurement with each timer showing the deviation from 5. On october 15, 2016 the record for the worlds longest pinewood derby track was set in ashland, ne by the boy scouts midamerica council. This was our third pinewood derby and i had seen this pullerinserter but put off the purchase.
I was wondering if anyone out there had or knows where i can find some pinewood derby race tracking software. A schematic of the electronic circuit necessary to create the timer is available. Wizard products 11039 wizards mystic 12pack of nano wax, 8 oz. Pinewood derby, awana grand prix, digital track timer. If you need a longer cable, order change the length of a cable from the options catalog and specify the length you need in the box. For nearly three decades supertimer has been providing pinewood derby tracks, pinewood derby timers and pinewood derby race management software to adventure guides, awana, cub scouts, masters clubs, pathfinders, pioneers, royal ambassadors, royal rangers, the. Pinewood derby track, pinewood derby timer ordering choices. Timer module, 1 bridge module, 1 lane module, ac adapter, start switch, mounting hardware, 1 ir source, operators guide. It supports racer registration, heat scheduling, electronic timer integration, and sound effect playback. I built the timer bridge into a 23 long board that has the final piece of segmented track for each lane semipermanently mounted to it. The supplied micro controller chip reads all times within 1th of a.
System includes track, timer and race manager software. In 2005, at the arapahoe districts annual pinewood derby race, the track timer malfunctioned. Derby magic pinewood derby tracks, timer, and software. If you havent already done so, please forward this issue to your pinewood derby friends. Grandprix software central corporate and special races.
Pinewood derby, awana grand prix, digital track timer, software, tower. Everything about derbymaster promotes a fast, efficient, and organized derby. It provides an informative and attractive spectator experience, while being simple and extremely easy for the race manager to use. If you need a track shipped sooner, please call 7273251972 for. We are using a two lane track design, so if the one that you know of uses this design then it would be prefered. Our internal processor can determine race results to better than 0. Derbynet is the new standard in race management software for pinewood derby events.
Pinewood derby car templates printable free use wood. Tests were performed on a 6lane aluminum best track with a fast track electronic timer. I developed this lane rotation strategy that correctly identifies the 1st, 2nd. I have no doubt this would stand up perfectly well for real traveling if needed. Pinewood derby times volume 5, issue 11 maximum velocity. Derby wizard makes a high quality line of pinewood derby fast track timers and freedom tracks. Last summer, slo makerspace decided to host a nova making stuff workshop for our local community. The kit includes all the hardware that you need to build a professional looking finish line display. When you click to start the derby, the first heat races are generated and a heat report is shown on the race manager window. There are two ways to order our pinewood track, pinewood timer or pinewood software. The software, which runs under msdos, is available for download for free, including source code. Opensource pinewood derby race management software.
This track can be used to test your pinewood derby or awana car before the race or it can be used to hold your own races for parties and other events. Your pinewood derby timer, software and tv headquarters. This means that if you get a timer from bill, or make your own based on his design just tell him that you will be using pinewood master for your race manager software and he can modify the software. High performance, affordable accessories for pinewood derby, hot wheels, soapbox derby, and other racing formats. The finish line could read out the finishing place of each car, but no run times could be recorded. This document deals with the software side of constructing a pinewood derby timer pdt. The champ timer is designed specifically for the besttrack pinewood derby track. Providing affordable track timer design solutions to the doityourselfer diy and budget minded scouting and awana organizations looking to build their own track timer all timer designs offered on this site are based on the arduino uno microcontroller, one of the most widely used platforms in the worldwide community of makers, students. Discussion in tracks started by derbychip, may 14, 2014. Also a great place to find pinewood derby plans and pinewood derby track information. It is free and available directly from their website. The pinewood derby timer pdt is an arduino based track timer with a robust and flexible design which allows it to be easily constructed and modified to meet your specific needs. Place the assembled timer and finish line track at the end of the track reserve one or two track sections for each lane to provide the cars room to slow down.
This page describes the hardware including a schematic and software necessary to create a very inexpensive pinewood derby timer. Note we have a new version of our software that does not need or use excel. Race track is a pinewood derby race management application. A few more clicks and keystrokes and your order will be entered. System is light weight for portability with quick and easy setup. Pinewood derby scoring spreadsheet retired scouter. To create your own pinewood derby timer, you are going to have to custom build your track or even purchase one, which could already have timers installed. The derby magic company has a lead time of a maximum of only 5 days for tracks and timers. The pinewood derby times is a free enewsletter focused on pinewood derby racing. Derbytimer, a small crossplatform program forming the link between the track timer and. Our software has also been used for many stemsteam events. Flickriver photoset fast food architecture by briangiwojna, how to oil your outdoor wood furniture eat a. This package is designed to be used with the pinewood derby wooden block cars which includes the awana grand prix, the pinewood derby, the shape n race derby, the kub kar derby, the cub scouts, the royal rangers or any other similar racing event where miniature racing timed events and placed positions are essential.
Digital timer, sophisticated software and custom built tower for any pinewood derby or awana grand prix event. This one lane track meets official bsa track dimensions and is available in 2 foot sections. Clearance between track and timer is 634 replacement power supply specs. Race track the free scout race management software. A parts list of the components used to create the timer is available for download. No more fast lanes or cars jumping off halfway down the track. Pinewood derby software and hardware timer package grand. The software stores the cub scout race information in text files. This is a race scoring application written in java. This includes the 2016 and 2017 ford fast track races for girl scouts, the 2016. Race software for cub scout pinewood derby, awana grand prix, space derby. The power plug, usb port, and reset switch are all right at your fingertips. Timers the derby magic company pinewood derby tracks. The fast track web site says that a baud rate of 9600, with 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity is the correct settings for the converter.
It was fast enough to be one of the 8 fastest cars to move to a 40 freedom track which is a circular arc track. One of the workshop activities is a pinewood derby. Time your race on 18 lane tracks with stunningly accurate measurements. Details about micro wizard fast track pinewood derby timer. This is an update to the original race track written by scott lewis in sourceforge. The et timer displays both the order of finish and the elapsed time. But in the next step if you see gibberish coming from the timer you may need to play with those settings, such as.
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